embryonic
51embryonic — adj. [Gr. embryon, fetus] 1. Pertaining to an embryo. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) Pertaining to a larval stage, as the freeswimming embryo of an oyster …
52embryonic — embryonically, adv. /em bree on ik/, adj. 1. pertaining to or in the state of an embryo. 2. rudimentary; undeveloped. Also, embryonal /em bree euh nl, em bree ohn l/. [1840 50; embryon (see EMBRYO) + IC] Syn. 2. underdeveloped, immature,… …
53embryonic — adjective /ˈɛm.bɹi.ɒn.ɪk/ a) Of or related to an embryo. b) Something, especially a project, that is very new and is still evolving; something that has yet to reach its full potential. Syn: embryonal …
54embryonic — Of, pertaining to, or in the condition of an embryo. * * * em·bry·on·ic .em brē än ik adj 1) of or relating to an embryo 2) being in an early stage of development: INCIPIENT, RUDIMENTARY em·bry·on·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē …
55embryonic — Synonyms and related words: abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, arrested, atomic, autochthonous, backward, basal, basic, beginning, budding, callow, central, coarse, corpuscular, creative, crucial, crude, defective, deficient, elemental,… …
56embryonic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. incipient, immature, undeveloped, rudimentary; see budding , early 1 , unfinished 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. rudimentary, elementary, beginning, immature, undeveloped, initial, fetal. ANT.: advanced, mature,… …
57embryonic — em·bry·on·ic || ‚embrɪ É’nɪk adj. of or pertaining to an embryo; undeveloped …
58embryonic — [ˌɛmbrɪ ɒnɪk] adjective 1》 relating to an embryo. 2》 in or at a rudimentary stage. Derivatives embryonically adverb …
59embryonic — adj fetal, rudimentary, undeveloped; initial, beginning, incipient, primary, elementary, inchoate; immature, unfinished, developing, imperfect …
60embryonic — em·bry·on·ic …
